Fireplace



Sept. 16, 1930.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1 E. VAN KIRK FmEPLAca Filed June 12. 1929 a l l l J l ulllll l| 2 3 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Sept. 16, 1930. E. VAN KIRK 1,776,171

FIREPLACE Filed June 12, 1929 2 Shuts Shqet 2 mvzu-ron ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 16, 1930 ERVIN VAN KIRK, OF VINCENNES, INDIANA.

FIREPLACE Application filed June 12,

' in the fire box is surrounded by a suitable jacket or casing spaced therefrom to provide for the circulation of heat, and which jacket or casing opens thru the mantel piece, the fire box being also provided with a plurality of angularly disposed openings to establish communication with the chimney or with a smoke pipe or flue as the occasion may require.

Other objects and advantages will appear when the following detail description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed. v

In the drawings forming part of this application like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein Figure 1 is a front, elevation of the fireplace construction.

Figure 2 is a view looking from the rear thereof and partly in section.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Figure 1..

Figure 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view of a modified form.

Referring to the drawings in detail, indicates the top of a mantel construction, which also includes the side members 11 which are hingedly connected with the front wall 12 as at 13.- The front wall is of course open to accommodate the fire-place construction, which includes a fire box 14 which may be constructed from any suitable material and also vary in size and configuration with out departing from the spirit of the invention.

i The bottom 15 of the fire box is provided with a central opening 16, while depending from this opening is an annular wall 17 which passes through an opening in the floor to provide an outlet opening for the fire box as will be readily understood. Spaced above the bottom 15 and carried by the opposed side walls of the fire box 14 are 1929. Serial No 370,364.

flanges 18 upon which is slidably supported a suitable grate 19, preferably constructed with spaced vertically disposed bars 20 at the front thereof as illustrated in Figure 1. The upper portion of the front wall of the fire box is inclined as at 22, and connecting this inclined portion with the rear wall of the fire box is an angularly disposed baffle plate 23. As clearly illustrated in Figure 3 the fire box is provided with a flanged opening 24 in the rear wall thereof directly above the baffle plate 23, while the top of the fire box is provided with a similar flanged opening 25, and one'or'the other of these fianged openings is adapted to be closed bya suitable cap 26. When the fire box communicateswith a chimney 27 from the rear thereof, the opening 24 is used, and communication. is established between the parts by a suitable sleeve or short length of pipe indicated at 28. If however communication between the firebox and the chimney 27 is to be established by use of a stovepipe or the like, (not shown) the latter is connected with the flanged opening 25 and the cap 26 is then used to cover or close the opening 24.

Surrounding the fire box 14 and spaced therefrom is a suitable acket 29 including a top wall through which the flanged opening 25 projects as illustrated in Figure 3. This jacket 29 also terminates in spaced relation to the floor for the admission of air thereinto,

while rising from the top wall of the jacket are spaced flues 30 as clearly illustrated in Figure 2, to provide for a circulation of air about the fire box. The flues 30 pass through openings formed in the top 10 of the mantel and are covered with a piece of foraminated material 31 of any suitable character.

As shown in Figure 5, the fines instead of rising from the top may project laterally from the side of the jacket, the flues in this figure being indicated at 32 and passing through openings in the sides 11 of the mantle construction.

While it is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily understood, I desire to have it known that I do not limit myself to what is herein illustrated and described, and

that such changes may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of What is claimed.

What I claim is 1. In a fire-place, a mantel construction including a top, hingedly mounted side walls, and an open front wall, a fire box arranged rearwardly of said front wall and having a plurality of angular-1y related outlet open ings, means for closing one of said openings,

a grate supported within the fire box, a jacket surrounding the fire box and spaced therei from for the circulation of air therethrough,

and outlet flues projecting from said jacket and passed through the mantel construction.

2. In a fireplace, a fire box constructed from a single piece of material including a top and front wall and an integral bafile plate connecting the front and rear walls, said rear and top walls having angularly related outlet openings formed therein, means for covering one of said openings, a jacket surrounding the fire box and spaced therefrom, and outlet flues projecting from said jacket.

3. In combination, a mantel construction including a top, and hingedlymounted side walls, and an open front Wall, a fire box located between the front andrear walls and including a base, front and rear walls, a top wall including a downwardly inclined portion, a baflie plate connecting the inclined portion of the top wall with the rear wall, said box having outlet openings in therear wall and in the top thereof above the baifie plate, a

jacket surrounding said fire box and spaced from the walls thereof and also spaced from the bottom of the fire box to promote'the cir-- culation of heat within the jacket, and spaced fiues rising from the top wall of the jacket 7 and past the openings in the top portion of the mantel and supported thereby.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ERVIN VAN KIRK. 

